ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1911, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"A MESSAGE FROM MARS." The Plimmer-Denniston Company haS a;i enthusiastic farewell at the Opera. House last evening, when "A Message from Mars'' was repeated. There was an excellent attendance, and the company achieved a. uniformly good performance which was heartily applauded. Miss Lizetts Parker was a delightful "Minnie Templar," Mr. Harry Plim-m-er was thoroughly at home as Horace, and Jlr. Deanbton was equally good 1 as "The Messenger.'" The company leaves for Sydney this afternoon. WILD WEST PICTURES. MacMahon's brief season will b& inaugurated at the Opera House to-aior-low evening, when the "Buoai& Bill Wild West" Pictures will be sh-^AVsu together with a new series of fjQ& r 'pictures. The box plans are UO w open ?.V he o Dl "f, sd( ; n -^ rr J uli nR the season The Squatters Daughter/ i n biogranh torm, will also be preserve}. THEATER ROYAL. This popular ppee^ cc o f anmse ment was again well_ filled l asfc night. The principal turn is Vjm one-act comedy, " "The Jtowra- of £«■/ Idol," by Mr. F." Graham and Miss F^eUie Dent/ but all the items are good, &v ,& are evidently greatly appreciated. HIS MAJESTY'S. ■%; the magic of kinematography and w-^e favour of the Fuller Proprietary pa-A-ons of His Majesty's were last night enabled to glimpse through the camera lens at straDge, beautiful, and interesting scenes of the wide world. Take, ior instance, the fairyland of Bohemia, where Hhe Trail waterfalls spill magiiihcently down its terraces and thunder noiselessly across the screen into steaming whirlpools. The delightful tour at one shilling or sixpence included a voyage from Bastai to Corte, full of gleamlug water scenes and romantic old towns looking into the flood, a series of pictures of a lake rippling under a sunsel and softening gradually under the touch of night and the glamour of a fair moon. Anglors must have been keenly interested vi the film entitled " The Wolf of Eresh' Water," the handsome, fignting Hmkinorcre, who is a demon, apparently, when hooked. Variety was lent by the various tabloid dramas such a? "Tlip Van Winkle/ "The Foreman," and "The Way of Life"— each telling a sstoiny of thrill in its own way. The fci-eman has a rough time of it through having carelessly dropped a wallet of gold, but his reward is . great in the fend when, after narrowly escaping being drilled with ihe guns of the sheriff's posse, he clears himself, and is permitted to embrace a fair maid preparatory to wedding bells. ' It is a touching picture, while "The Way of IMb" is one of the sad old wajrs, aftecali, with a characteristic finale. Of course the evening's entertainment would not be complete without the trifle, and a "Day of Storms" is light enough for anyone. It is a story of extreme and persistent action, of an unfortuaate who was always in hot water tiu-ough getting wet with •cold water. However, an he finished up in an oven, the, audience presumed he was dry at last. He looked it. "Tho Artist's Ruse." another comic, showed tho artist to be a resourceful man, and "Ths Sage, Cherub, and Widow." a comedy-drama, was notable for ' the splendid acting of tile principals. The programme will be repeated this evening. THE KING'S- THEATRE. The new programme of pictures at The King's Theatre last Bight was evidently greatly appreciated by an audience which filled the house in every part, Tho chief attraction waa the sei'iess of pictures showing the fight between the pones' and the anamchists in Sidney street, Houndsditch, London. The films give a clear view of ihe miiitery and police firing at tfe& windows of tho house occupied by the desperate men,' then it is seen tiie house is on fire, and later on the fcfe brigade arrives. Of equal interest ife the picture of the two French flying men, who were, killed at, Issy-en MouUoeux. The machine is seeQ to start and circle over the- town, and in a moment it crashes to th© ground, and both the occupants are dead. The travel pictures of the Danube, pictures of the Wild West, "Birds in their Nests," the lAathe Gazette, and many others make up a programme which ' is interesting, instinctive, and amusing. It will be repeated to-night. STAE PICTDHES. Lasi night's c/hange of programme at St. Thomas's Fj'all, Newtown, attracted a large audierrce, and the new series of pictures is generously varied with regard to Bivhfject-matfcer. A notablespecimen of the industrial film is that entitled "Tha Daily Mail from Forest to Breakfast Table,' which faithfully <le- ', jpicfcs the derailed processes and stages ' in the production of that well-known paper. "O?i the Border States" is a picturesque story of the American Civil War, and "Treasure- Hunters" is another fine series of adventures on the part of seekers fcr gold in the south seas. Tltere aro other msritorious pictures — comic, scenic, and "faked." The Faulka Assembly opened its season last evening in the Ly^ll Bay Hall. Judging from the attendance, the lAssombly promises to be very populav about sixty couple being present. Durinothe evening several musical items were rendered. The committee wish to notify P a r tr P ns the tfance will be held each Wednesday evex&ng. ,